Rockie burned up the movie screen
and I was turnin seventeen
Tie-dyed shirts and Levis jean
lookin cool at the Dairy Queen Tryin to impress
a young woman in her Sunday dress
And that was 1976
didn't know who I was yet
A pretty little blonde haired girl
stole my heart and changed my world
Two kids and a moonlit sky
a little love on a Friday night
Built a fire that just wont quit, that was 1976
My high school days I packed away
set my sights on a bigger stage
Jimmy Carter moved to DC
a Georgia boy just like me, life seemed easy
Nothin much that we needed
That was 1976
didn't know who I was yet
A pretty little blonde haired girl
Built a fire that just wont quit
Eight track tapes were still in style
and Elvis was still alive
Wonder Woman sure looked fine
Bionic Man was still Prime Time
And that girl I liked
we kept on tryin till we got it right
Yeah, that was 1976
didn't know who we were yet
We built a fire that just wont quit
that was 1976